Coal-handling apparatus.



G. E; TITCOMB. GOAL HANDLING APPARATUS. f APPJIUATIGN ILED AFR. 1909. @$356595 Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

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GOAL HANDLING APPARATUS. v l APPLIGAIOH FILED APR,3,1909.- l

Patented Febu 7, 19H.

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PENNSYLVANIA, ASSEGNCR T THE J. El'.

.'DDDGE COMPAY, OF NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, -A CORPOBATGN 0F ENNSYL- VANA.

. CAL-HAND-LNG APlfARA-US.

" To all whom 'it muy concern:

Apparatus, Ot' which the following is a speciiication'. Y

My invention relatesto certain improvements in apparatus orhandling coal-and like material, particularly delivering coal from a storage pile to a car, and the object of my invention is to so construct the apparatus that the coal can be readily delivered from the storage pile to a hopper at one side of lthe car, and to screen the coal. as it passes from the hopper to the car, and to carryr i away and store the snreenings.

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This object I attain in the following naanner, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, in which:

`Figure l, is a side view illustrating my improved coal handling apparatus; Fig. 2, is an enlarged View of part of Fig., l; and Fig. 3, is an end view looking in the direction ot' the arrow, Fig. 2.

ln thepresent instance there is a piling floor from which a crane A transfers the coall to a hopper. There is a piling ioor B for the screenings and there are live tracks Z2, YJ, bf, b3 andA o".

On the track Wheels o, and on this tower is the hopper C.

'lhis hopper is made as clearly shown in Fig.r

Q, ant1 s chute o' provided with a screen section o2, made in any suitable manner, and

this chute o connects with an adjustable chute c3 which extends into the car TW to be loaded and which is located on the track b. Directly under the chute c a screenings hopper D, which communicates with the boot d of the screenings elevator D. This screenings elevator delivers the` material to a chute d', which discharges intol the trough .e of the night conveyer E. This flight conveyer Ais mounted on a truss structure E', Which is supported at one end by the tower and at the opposite end by a braced frame E2, having wheelsfe2 mounted on a rail b5.,

The outer end of this truss structure E extends over the piling loor B or the screenso that the screenings as theyr pass from the hopper D are transferred through the elevator D to the con er E, and by means otl the iights ci? eaidconveyer travel over the trough mu discharge at the en Specification of Letters Patent.

Application lerl April 3,

bis a tower C mounted on APinamar Feb. 7,1911. 1303. Serial No. 487,618.

i treme end onto the pile of screenings'already l itu-mcd,` illustrated clearly in Fig. l.

In some instances it may be desirable to discharge the screenings into a car and in this .instance l provide achute f under the truss structure E', and in the trough e of thel conveyer is a door e3 which can be opened i by any suitable means when it is desired to discharge the screenings through the chute f. IThis chute is coupled to a,`pivoted tube F and is situated directly above the track b, so that a`car run upon this track can receive a load of screenings through the chute F. A rope f', leading from the chute around a pulley to a handled shaft f2 lcan beused to regulate the position of the chute.

On the track b2 is the box car loading apparatus X', which may be of any form desired, and which aids in directing the coal from the chute c3 to any point within the car. This structure forms no part of my invention.

On the track b? is the truck A and. crane A .which has a long boom a from Which is suspended the bucket a of the clam-shell type in the present instance. Operating ropes lead from this bucket to the hoisting self-propelled,4 it can be moved to any point ontrack b3 desired.v y'

. It will be noticed that the tower C with its extended' truss structure E' can loe moved on' its tracks, the crane A can be moved on its tracks and the car reloader X can be moved on its tracks parallel with the side' of the screenings piling ii'oorlhso that coal can be taken Jfrom any part ot the main coal-storage piling licor and delivered to the hopper C, and from this hopper the coal canloe discharged by operating the )gate valve 'i through the ordinary rope mechanism z", so that it will discharge into the car The box car loading apparatus Xshown in outline in Fig. 1 can he used to distribute the coal vwithin the car, and the coal Will be screened before entering the ear, the screen'- ings being discharged through the above described'meehaiism -to the piling floor B or the carZ on the track `In the present instance the mechanism of the tower, car loader and crane are electrically driven, adjacent each track and ci eralI elements make Cort minals on the posts-o-ner means may .etsen the sev-l ,U with the terand contact posts s are mounted i tower, a chute leading from -polnt at one side of the tower, a screen in the lings hopper mounted used, and the .elements may be driven by means other than electricity.

l. The combination in a coal handling apparatus, of a series of tracks, a wheeled tower mounted on one ot' said tracksa truss structure projecting from the tower and extending over the other tracks, a frame supporting the outer end of such truss structure and also mounted on wheels, a hopper in the the hopper to a chute leading from the hopper, a screenings hopper below the screen in the chute, an elevator mounted on the tower, the screenings hopper communicating with the boot ot' said elevator, an endless conveyer mounted on the truss structure projecting from the tower, the elevator discharging into the trough 4of said conveyer and the conveyor discharg ing at the end of the truss Structure beyond the tracks, whereby the screenings are carried away from the tower `and discharged onto a piling floor,

:2. The combination of a tower mounted on wheels, a truss structure projecting from the tower, a frame supporting the outer end of thevt-russ structure and also supported on wheels, a coal hopper mounted in the upper portion of the ftower, a chute leading from the ho )per to one side of the tower, a track on one side of the tower `for the accommodation of cars to be loaded, a track beyond the ear a box car loading apparatus mounted onthe last mentioned track, a screen in the chute leading from the coal'hopper, a screenunder the screen, a

assignee was erroneously given as vupon the application 'of George E'. Titcomb, of'Philadelphia,

*correction therein that the same may conform to the screenings elevator communicating with the screenings hopper, an endless 'conveyer on the truss structure arrangedto receive screenings from the elevator, a track upon which a carcan be. loaded, and a chute communicating with the trough ofthe endless conveyer and adapted to discharge screenings directly into the car.

The combination in a coal handling apparatus, ot tive tracks, a tower mounted on the first track, a hopper inthe upper portion of the tower, a chute having a screen therein, said chute leadingl from said hopper to one side otl the tower, a screenings hopper under said screen, a screenings elevator co1nnlunica'ting with` the screenings hopper, a truss structure projecting from the tower a-nd over the tracks, an endless conveyer on the truss structure connnunicating at one end with the screenings elevator, the car to be loaded being mounted on the second track, a box car loading apparatus being mounted on the third track, a crane mounted on the fourth track and having a boom from which abucket is slnfpendcd, so that coal can be transferred from a piling tloor to the hopperv carried by tht` tower, and a car on the fifth i lVM. E. SHUPE, VM. A. BARR.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 983,659, granted February 7, 1.9711,

Pennsylvania, for an` limprovement in- Coal-Handling Apparatus the State of incorporation of the Pennsylvania, whereas it should Khave beensaid Letters VPatent should be .read with record of the case in the Signed and 4sealed this 14th day of March, A.l D., 1911.

E. B. MOORE,

tower, a chute leading from -polnt at one side of the tower, a screen in the lings hopper mounted used, and the .elements may be driven by means other than electricity.

l. The combination in a coal handling apparatus, of a series of tracks, a wheeled tower mounted on one ot' said tracksa truss structure projecting from the tower and extending over the other tracks, a frame supporting the outer end of such truss structure and also mounted on wheels, a hopper in the the hopper to a chute leading from the hopper, a screenings hopper below the screen in the chute, an elevator mounted on the tower, the screenings hopper communicating with the boot ot' said elevator, an endless conveyer mounted on the truss structure projecting from the tower, the elevator discharging into the trough 4of said conveyer and the conveyor discharg ing at the end of the truss Structure beyond the tracks, whereby the screenings are carried away from the tower `and discharged onto a piling floor,

:2. The combination of a tower mounted on wheels, a truss structure projecting from the tower, a frame supporting the outer end of thevt-russ structure and also supported on wheels, a coal hopper mounted in the upper portion of the ftower, a chute leading from the ho )per to one side of the tower, a track on one side of the tower `for the accommodation of cars to be loaded, a track beyond the ear a box car loading apparatus mounted onthe last mentioned track, a screen in the chute leading from the coal'hopper, a screenunder the screen, a

assignee was erroneously given as vupon the application 'of George E'. Titcomb, of'Philadelphia,

*correction therein that the same may conform to the screenings elevator communicating with the screenings hopper, an endless 'conveyer on the truss structure arrangedto receive screenings from the elevator, a track upon which a carcan be. loaded, and a chute communicating with the trough ofthe endless conveyer and adapted to discharge screenings directly into the car.

The combination in a coal handling apparatus, ot tive tracks, a tower mounted on the first track, a hopper inthe upper portion of the tower, a chute having a screen therein, said chute leadingl from said hopper to one side otl the tower, a screenings hopper under said screen, a screenings elevator co1nnlunica'ting with` the screenings hopper, a truss structure projecting from the tower a-nd over the tracks, an endless conveyer on the truss structure connnunicating at one end with the screenings elevator, the car to be loaded being mounted on the second track, a box car loading apparatus being mounted on the third track, a crane mounted on the fourth track and having a boom from which abucket is slnfpendcd, so that coal can be transferred from a piling tloor to the hopperv carried by tht` tower, and a car on the fifth i lVM. E. SHUPE, VM. A. BARR.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 983,659, granted February 7, 1.9711,

Pennsylvania, for an` limprovement in- Coal-Handling Apparatus the State of incorporation of the Pennsylvania, whereas it should Khave beensaid Letters VPatent should be .read with record of the case in the Signed and 4sealed this 14th day of March, A.l D., 1911.

E. B. MOORE,

Correction In Letters Patent No. 983,659.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 983,659, granted February 7, 1911, upon the application of George E. Titcomb, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Coal-Handling Apparatus the State of incorporation of the asignee was erroneously given as Pennsylvania., whereas it should have been given as nonnectrcut; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this -oorrection therein that the same may conform to the 'geoord of the case in the Patent Oice.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of March, A. D.; 1911.

E. B. MOORE,

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